Sand-guard.



Patented l une 27, I899.

SAND GUARD.

(Application fl led May 28, 1898.;

C. C. LOWER.

(No Model.)

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UNITE STATES ,ATENT O FICE.

CHARLES C. LOWER, OF HIOKSVILLE, OHIO.

SAND-GLlARD SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,649,dated June 27, 1899.

Application filed May 28, 1898. Serial No. 682,049. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES C. LOWER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hicksville, in the county of Defiance and State ofv Ohio,have invented a new and usefulSand- Guard, of which the following isaspecification. V

This invention relates to sand bands or guards for vehicle-wheels; andthe object of the invention is to provide an article of this characterwhich will effectually prevent dirt from entering the bearing and at thesame time automatically discharge any Water, sand, or dirt Which maycollect upon the inner end of the hub.

These and other objects and advantages 0 my invention will behereinafter more fully described, shown in the drawings, andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a vehicle hub andaxle having my device applied thereon. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalview thereof. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the inner end of the hub. Fig.4c is a detail perspective View of a modified form of hubband. Fig. 5 isa detail perspective View of the guard-sections removed.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by likecharacters of reference.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates an axle of ordinary form, havingthe usual hub 2 fitted thereon, provided With the common hub-band 3,projecting beyond the end of the hub. Clamped upon the axle? and fittingwithin the hub-band 3 is my improved sandguard, formed in two-sections 4and 5. Each of the sections comprises a clamping-band 6, having lugs 7,which are adapted to aline and receive bolts or suitable fastenings 8,whereby the device is clamped tightly upon the axle, and provided with aflaring disk-section or flange 9. Vhen the sections are assembledtogether, the flanges forma concavo-convex disk around the axle, whichfits snugly within the projecting portion of. the hub-band and. over thespace between the hub and spindle to exclude all dirt, the. The lowersection 5 'is provided, upon its lower convex surface with a pairof'convergent wings or blades 10.

These wings are arranged to be directly beneath the axle and have theirlower edges 11 flush with the edge of the disk 9 to fit snugly .Qwithinthe interior of the projecting portion of the hub-band and extend to theouter edge thereof, and by reason of their flare or inclination to thesurface of the disk 9 they scrape the dirt, water, &c., from theinterior of the hub band and automatically discharge same from the hub.

The scraping-blades may be disposed across any portion of the face ofthe disk; but the preferable disposition thereof is across the face ofthe lower disk member, so as to discharge the dirt, &;c., beneath theaxle, and thereby prevent said dirt from collecting upon the axle, asWould result if the blades were disposed so as to discharge above theaxle.

To provide a firm and secure joint for the sections 4 and 5, they aresuitably grooved or rabbeted upon their meeting edges, as at 12, fittingone within the other, forming a tight joint to prevent dust, dirt,water, &c., from being forced between the sections and onto the axle.

For the proper Working of my invention it is necessary to have aprojecting hub-band, and in case the hub is not so formed I provide aband 13 having a number of spurs or fingers 14 arranged upon its edge,which are adapted to be driven into the end of the hub, as shown in Fig.2.

- My invention is intended to improve similar devices already in use andprovide a more perfect and exceedingly simple sand-guard, being composedof few parts, thereby easily and quickly placed upon the axle for use.The sections of the sand-guard are to be cast separate, having the lugs,the flanges or disksections, and the wings all formed integral, whichwill produce a very substantial device at a very nominal cost, all ofwhich combine to make my improvements exceedingly practical and useful.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope or sacrificing any of the advantagesof my improvements, and

I therefore do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to theprecise construction as herein described, and shown in the drawings.

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Having thus described the invention, what Ielaim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A sand-guard comprising a two-part disk or flange, each disk orflange having an inclined outer face, the combined parts fitting snuglywithin the hub-band and entirely covering the end of the hub, one of theparts having a scraper, and means for clamping the parts together andupon the axle, substantially as shown and described.

2. A sand-guard comprising a disk or flange fitting within the end ofthe hub-band, and provided with a pair of scraping-blades, the latterbeing convergently inclined across the face of the disk or flange,substantially as shown and described.

3. A sand-guard composed of two sections forming clamping-bands, eachsection being made in a single piece, the meeting edges thereof beingrabbeted and fitting one in the other, and provided with aconcavo-convex flange or disk-section, one of the flanges or Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES C. LOVER.

\Vitnesses:

A. M. RICHARDS, JAnns Anus.

